July 25, 2012

Obama - I Didn't Say What I Said, And Anyway, I Meant The Opposite

Who are you going to believe, Obama or your lying ears? Obama has a new ad out "explaining" his infamous "You didn't build that" Kinsley gaffe:

"Those ads taking my words about small business out of context - they're flat out wrong," the president says in the 31-second pitch. "Of course Americans build their own businesses. Every day, hard-working people sacrifice to meet a payroll, create jobs and make our economy run."

"And what I said was that we need to stand behind them, as America always has, by investing in education and training, roads and bridges research and technology," he says. "I'm Barack Obama and I approve this message because I believe we're all in this together."

Stand behind small business? I think Obama means, kneel behind small business and wait for someone to deliver a push, so that money falls out of their pockets on the way down.

But you know what, I’m not going to see us gut the investments that grow our economy to give tax breaks to me or Mr. Romney or folks who don’t need them. So I’m going to reduce the deficit in a balanced way. We’ve already made a trillion dollars’ worth of cuts. We can make another trillion or trillion-two, and what we then do is ask for the wealthy to pay a little bit more. (Applause.) And, by the way, we’ve tried that before -- a guy named Bill Clinton did it. We created 23 million new jobs, turned a deficit into a surplus, and rich people did just fine. We created a lot of millionaires.

There are a lot of wealthy, successful Americans who agree with me -- because they want to give something back. They know they didn’t -- look, if you’ve been successful, you didn’t get there on your own. You didn’t get there on your own. I’m always struck by people who think, well, it must be because I was just so smart. There are a lot of smart people out there. It must be because I worked harder than everybody else. Let me tell you something -- there are a whole bunch of hardworking people out there. (Applause.)

If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business -- you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didn’t get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet.

So Obama is going to "stand behind" these small businesses while waiting for them to "give something back", as if they are not already paying taxes? Sounds like he intends to pick their pockets.

MEANWHILE, OVER AT THE NEWS OUTLET FORMERLY KNOWN AS MSNBC:

I thought he meant standing behind the small business owner and telling him to . . . lean forward.

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The fact remains that there ARE preconditions to the success of a business -- private property, the rule of law, free enterprise, stable governments, strong defense. Obama is right about that.

IF this is all Obama meant, then it is a triviality that is not worth mentioning. Granted, almost anything Obama says that isn't a lie is a triviality not worth mentioning, but in this case it takes great effort and several ounces of fairy dust to believe that that is ALL he was saying. And by "triviality" I mean, no one claims otherwise, so it is essentially meaningless to claim that he is "right about that."

The Allen & Ginter Relics set costs around $3 a pack at mass retailers, but dozens of individual balloon boy cards have sprung up on Ebay, with sellers seeking anywhere from 99 cents to $49.99 for the Mylar-adorned cards.

As a volunter unpaid Obama Campaign consultant, it is my recommendation that he now follow this brilliant ad up with ads making perfectly clear that: a)he was never at the church when Reverend Wright (who was not his "mentor") said all those horrible anti-American things; and b) he never called his grandmother a "typical white person."

I basically agree with you. What he said was not wrong, but so axiomatic as to be close to meaningless.

But I think it is useful to recognize that he was not wrong and in truth no one truly succeeds in building a business all by themselves. However, that does not mean that all success in business is due to some collective "we" that can take credit (and the profits) from that enterprise.

Henry Ford did not invent the automobile and Bill Gates did not invent the computer. They benefitted from the contributions of others who came before. But that does not mean that Ford and Gates and so many others did not make major contributions to life and society for which they should be greatly rewarded.

Thirty-nine percent of Democrats say they are more enthusiastic about voting than usual, down from the summers of 2004 (68%) and 2008 (61%). Republicans (51%) are more enthusiastic than in 2008 (35%) but the same as in 2004 (51%).

Theo, there was an "if" in my statement. I agree with the others here that he did not say that. You are reading between the lines and trying to project something unarguable onto his words. My point was even if you do that, all you get is a triviality. But that was not the plain meaning of his words.

In what many are describing as just another day in the life of Tycoon and television celebrity, Donald Trump, the self made Millionaire began mixing the mortar for the foundation of his new casino which he plans to build himself-with no help whatsoever. The project is expected to take 176 years to complete and cost just over 18 trillion dollars.

OT, somebody on one of these threads posted the Pitzer putz' address. I googled it, and looked at street view. I can't believe that a college professor who fancies himself an anarchist could live in such a mundane boring cookie cutter neighborhood. The funny thing is that the Google camera took a picture of what appear to be Mexican workers working on the property. Couldn't he do better than to live in a tract home. I'm singing Pete Seeger's Little Boxes to myself. Ben, tell Pitzer to give you a cooler home to live in. Bourgeois, man.

the Beautiful Game is great for girls finess, teamwork, and they can use the skills for lifetime.You should be proud of having a D-1 soccer athlete in the family; BU is in the same conference as my college alma mater Stony Brook. FIFA Laws? they are actually well thought out and make common sense. The Referees' application? uneven.

Dear Henry-- we were having a right friendly soccer conversation before you interrupted with the typical men's player observation about refs. I never played the game, I got involved when my son turned out to be a good player, and after refereeing for a few years and being promoted to higher level games I learned that you guys play differently than any another sport-- you give a running commentary to the ref during the game! And guys are far worse than ladies-- at least directly at the refs, I would hate to hear what the ladies say behind our backs. Soccer players bitch and moan ceaselessly, it's unbelievable. Even St Henry of Wisc probably did it back in the day. One plus from the players complaining-- I can swear in portuguese, spanish, greek, Italian and Albanian.

Preach it, sister. The commies planned something like this years ago and along came BOzo. Their perfect candidate. It will be interesting to see if the Dem party can survive this fraud and his handlers. Someone show me a sane Dem right now.

NK, yup. The old saying is "Rugby is a hooligan's game played by gentlemen and soccer is a gentleman's game played by hooligans". As for conversation with referees, it was more fun to agree with my opponent that I actually fouled him (true about half the time) and the ref effed up than complain when I got called for anything.

peter, "Little Boxes" was written by Malvina Reynolds the mother of my girlfriend in high school. After being called fellow travelers and pinkos in Long Beach, the family moved to Berkeley. Pete S. was friend of theirs. I really liked the family and took trips with them. Want to hear me sing "Joe Hill" and other union songs of protest?
I don't either.

Lefties should save the sarcasm-- they are going to need it after November when there is a Repub House, Senate and POTUS, and the politics of those Repubs will be fiscally conservative. The Lefties are going to have their gravy train come to an abrupt halt.

MelR-- than you would love my favorite young referee who does College and USL games (he's 24 now.) His standard with goalies is if an attacking player looks at the Keeper the wrong way it's a foul-- if the attacking player touches the Keeper, it's a Yellow Card. That's only a slight exageration. Guess what position he played through college....

Look at these bastards - "The gay rights group Equality Illinois is launching a campaign against Chick-Fil-A – petitioning universities and lawmakers to evict the fast food restaurant from their campuses and planning a “kiss-in” campaign by gay and lesbian couples outside Chick-Fil-A restaurants."

and this - "The campaign by the group comes just after Ald. Proco “Joe” Moreno (1st) announced plans to block efforts by Chick-Fil-A to open a second Chicago restaurant, because the company’s president vocally opposes same-sex marriage."

How is this not discrimination? Are we allowed to oppose changing the definition of marriage?

I know I'm jumping off into territory better left alone, but looking at a birth certificate for a client earlier, something jumped out at me. The early birth certificates show how many children were born to a mother. What if Obama's mother had another child and that is what he is hiding? Maybe one she gave up for adoption.

NK, I pray we don't get a clean sweep, because then the moderate Repubs will probably do more stupid shit and the Dems play that like a violin.

We need an environment where the squishes and the obstructionists are marginalized, whether by events, which I believe may happen, or by some chance miracle that people actually come to their senses.

I had a discussion the other day with a left friend who was convinced that we should ban automatic weapons until I told him that they have been banned to the greatest extent since the 30's.

There is no arguing with the statist mentality and until Europe falls and crony capitalism is squashed and the meatheads realize that Western Civ triumphed on its merits instead of some phony capitalist/imperialist oppression of the masses.

These are same buffoons who watched the Soviet Empire collapse and China go mercantilist and still don't get the message that communitarianism works well at a Benedictine monastery only because it is unequivocal and devoted to the greater glory of God and works nowhere else for the lack thereof.

Republican state Sen. Rich Zipperer is expected next month to become GOP Gov. Scott Walker’s deputy chief of staff, which would still give Democrats a 16-15-1 majority if Cullen decides to become an independent. At least until Zipperer's seat is filled.

MelR-- PROTECT THE KEEPER (Goalie)!!! the harsh discipline goes against the ATTACKING player-- Keepers are of course permitted to maintain order by protecting the ball with shoulder charges and high elbows. The most important decision I ever made was a U18 College recruiter Tourney during Thanksgiving involving a Coastal Maine Club Keeper knocking out cold a Westchester FC striker on a 50/50 ball just ourside the area. I was able to make the right decision because it took 2-3 minutes to get the Westchester kid back on his feet, so I had time to think it through and consult with the ARs. The Keeper stayed on with a caution-- much to the disbelief of the Westchester FC coach.

"The gay rights group Equality Illinois is launching a campaign against Chick-Fil-A – petitioning universities and lawmakers to evict the fast food restaurant from their campuses and planning a “kiss-in” campaign by gay and lesbian couples outside Chick-Fil-A restaurants."

Well, the Cathy's are Christian. I'm sure they will pray for these lost souls, and would certainly never resort to the same bullying tactics. I do hope that Chik-fil-A does not back down and allow 2% of the population to dictate how they do business.

I'm sure these gays and lesbians have the employees, and their families, and their families well being in mind when they petition to close them down, and force them out of work in this economy.

As usual, they think of themselves only. Another group of detestable whining jackasses.

None of my athletes were allowed to play goalie, put your dental work on the level where kicks are routine required a dental insurance policy beyond what I could put in place. Playing keeper is absolutely for the insane amongst us.

Ext, Zipperer's seat is up for election in November anyway. An R will win for sure (I have no idea who is running). His absence, like the current Dem majority makes no difference because the senate will not convene again until January.

Well then I pray fervently (and more frequently) that your prayers not be answered. The only way we get to a sane budget and start making the Fed Govt live within the means we can afford, is for there not to be a squish or two that must be placated to pass reform. We need a strong yank on the reins, not a small and ever so gentle course correction.

If I cancel your prayer out, then it will be what is now predestined, a massacre for the Donks. Hide and watch.

NK, that is the first I've heard of a Keeper getting called for that, let alone booked. I finally stopped playing after waking up one morning to find I was in the penalty area after getting my clock cleaned while scoring one afternoon. Well done!

and yes, Zipperer (R-Pewaukee), or as his predecessor calls him "The Upgrade".

[Chicago Alderman] Proco “Joe” Moreno announced this week that he will block Chick-fil-A’s effort to build its second Chicago store … following company President Dan Cathy’s remarks last week that he was “guilty as charged” for supporting the biblical definition of marriage as between a man and woman….

In Boston, Mayor Thomas Menino reportedly took a similar view:

Mayor Thomas M. Menino is vowing to block Chick-fil-A from bringing its Southern-fried fast-food empire to Boston … after the family-owned firm’s president suggested gay marriage is “inviting God’s judgment on our nation.”

But denying a private business permits because of such speech by its owner is a blatant First Amendment violation. Even when it comes to government contracting — where the government is choosing how to spend government money — the government generally may not discriminate based on the contractor’s speech, see Board of County Commissioners v. Umbehr (1996). It is even clearer that the government may not make decisions about how people will be allowed to use their own property based on the speaker’s past speech.

Nice little drive down after dropping off the puppies with our vet who has a pet hotel for their comfort while we are gone. Going to the Chelsea v. AC Milan game on Saturday but tonight we are having old friends for dinner at Jose Andres new restaurant The Bazzar in SoBe (actually 17th and Collins. Funny how they keep extending SoBe further north. Pretty soon it will be in Bal Harbor.

Now Frederick wants to go to the pool but I am making him recite his multiplication tables first. Not a particularly happy camper at the moment. Tomorrow we are going to try a new Italian from the Pub-Belly folks called Macchialinda over on the Beach. Supposed to have the best antipasti in town.

Henry-- FYI, the caution on the Keeper was for deliberately handling the ball outside the area. The 2-fisted punch to the Attacker's jaw? fair play! it was a 50-50 Ball and the Keeper fisted it away before the Attacker got to the ball. The Westchester coach was not impressed with my decision.

Dick Morris says that 90% of the remaining gap will break toward Romney. So that would make it 55-45 Romney if all holds equal. I imagine after the convention when everyone gets to hear Romneys incredible story that it will start showing in the polls especially when they start using likely rather than registered votes in those polls. Read an incredible article today about how he saved the Olympics by slashing all unnecessary expenses even charging for Pizza slices during meetings and even though Coke donated product he still have everyone pay for their drinks. He cut everything that was not a must do completely out and took the Olympics from the fiscal hole it was in to a $166 million surplus. Cannot wait to see what he can do with our budget!

LIke the NFL goes to London - we should have a EPL game here once and a while. Even if it is NYC or DC, the EPL should do it during their season, either early (the fall) or later (the spring). After all, both Liverpool and Manchester are American owned now. When we lived in London we became big Chelsea fans, although my family and its businesses were Tottenham sponsors since their formation. To this day, my cousins are big time season ticket holders for The Spurs. Frederick's godfather, on the other hand is a season ticket holder for Chelsea.

BTW, great little thread here on soccer. Mel even looks like a goalie - who'd have known:)

Coming down to Miami we had Boortz and Rush on. Boortz read the Iowahawk piece on the Genesis parody. Frederick got upset that someone would parody God:) Altar boys!

Then Rush spent 3 hours "crucifying" the NBC/WSJ poll which was skewed by 11% to represent (to their biased minds) what the Dem v. Rep turnout will be in November 46 to 35! Then he laid into Obama and I mean he was right on top of him like Trayvon on George. Covering his mouth, banging his head, punching his nose, beating the hell out of him. But Barry had no gun.

JiB-- I've been to White Hart Lane for a friendly, so the 'real' fans (i.e. working class) were in attendance-- it's a -- er-- colorful crowd. I was a Tottenham supporter these past several seasons while my club -- Southampton Saints-- were relegated to lower divisions. The Saints are back in the EPL so I can't actively support the Hotspur.

The company’s position on traditional marriage notwithstanding, threats to ban the company have drawn fire from editorial pages across the nation.

The Los Angeles Times condemned the decision, calling it far more troubling than Chick-fil-A’s support of traditional marriage.

“Public officials have a responsibility to carry out their ministerial tasks fairly and evenhandedly – and to uphold the principle of free speech – whether or not they like a business executive’s social or political stances,” the Times opined.

The Boston Globe wondered “which part of the First Amendment does Menino not understand? A business owner’s political or religious beliefs should not be a test for the worthiness of his or her application for a business license.

Conservative columnist Michelle Malkin said “Boston’s Founding Fathers must be steaming in their graves.”

“When an elected public official wields the club of government against a Christian business in the name of “tolerance,” it’s not harmless kid stuff,” Malkin wrote. “It’s chilling.”

Meanwhile, thousands of Christians are mobilizing efforts to support Chick-fil-A – led by Fox News Channel host and former Ark. Governor Mike Huckabee.

Huckabee has declared August 1st as Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day.

“Let’s affirm a business that operates on Christian principles and whose executives are willing to take a stand for the Godly values we espouse by simply showing up and eating at Chick-fil-A on Wednesday, August 1,” Huckabee said.

Huckabee said the company has come under attack from militant homosexuals and is being “smeared by vicious hate speech and intolerant bigotry from the left.”

“The militant homosexual advocates have launched an all out assault on Dan Cathy and Chick-fil-A,” he said. “The attempts to hurt or destroy Chick-fil-A are nothing short of economic bullying.”

Donald Wildmon, the founder of the American Family Association, is backing Huckabee’s efforts saying he hoped it would generate the largest one-day sales in the company’s history.

“I have been incensed at the vitriolic assaults on the Chick-fil-A company,” Wildmon wrote in an email. “It’s a great American story that is being smeared by vicious hate speech and intolerant bigotry from the left.”

Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, was especially disturbed by the actions of Boston’s mayor.

“This is really outrageous when you see this is the train that follows same sex marriage,” Perkins told Fox News. “This idea of the loss of religious freedom – the freedom of speech — and it’s on perfect display in Boston with the intolerance of this mayor.”

Perkins noted that Americans have overwhelmingly endorsed the traditional definition of marriage – 32 times in 32 states.

“Chick-fil-A is in the mainstream, he said. “The mayor of Boston is in the minority.”

“It’s about forcing Americans who do not agree with this agenda to comply and if a business dare step outside of the PC lines they will be attacked just as we are seeing Chick-fil-A being attacked,” Perkins added.

I'm wih Chik fil a all the way on this one as anyone who's been on my FB page the last 2 days knows. and I think the company will come out ahead on all this, BUT I wish to heavens Huckabee weren't involved..

Sue @ 4:12....You may have a point, however the longer this debate continues over Barry's BC authenticity, the more I lean towards his having a father not even mentioned on the BC. Possibly he was born in Indonesia or maybe Canada (to explain the Hawaiian hospital refusing to produce his birth record). Vancouver isn't that far from Seattle, and we know Stanley Ann was in Washington State shortly after Barry's birth. That is, if Barry's BC birth date is correct. ;)

Since Barry is half black, I'm curious about the identity of his real father. Did the Dunham family use Obama Senior (and did Obama Senior use the Dunhams to enhance his immigration status) in an attempt to protect FMD?

No kidding. If at the end of July Barry is still having to nail down the black vote he might as well concede now but serve out his term so he can golf using AF1 for the next six months.
Would do him and the rest of us all a world of good if he spent the rest of his time looking for his balls in the deep rough.